Cool drinks at home: a recipe for everyone

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It's easy to learn how to make drinks at home from a variety of ingredients. The main goal is to learn as many different recipes as possible for cooling liquids in the summer heat. It’s easy to test your strength to see what drinks you can make yourself, thereby replenishing your body and the bodies of our beloved household members with the microelements and fluid reserves necessary during the hot season. Where to start? Let's start to get acquainted with what drinks you can make yourself.

What happens to the body when you drink cold drinks?

Cold drinks are not an escape from the heat, but a danger. Scientists who conducted many studies came to this conclusion. So, when drinking ice-cold liquid, a sharp temperature difference occurs: it is hot outside, but the food that gets inside is cold. And this is fraught with enormous stress for the body. For him, hypothermia of internal organs is like a threat to life. That's why he does everything he can to prevent it. So, in addition to the consumption of energy reserves, there is a release of bile. Hot by nature, it tries to warm the esophagus, stomach, intestines and kidneys.

The release of bile may be inadequate, resulting in a person getting hypothermia, and then an increase in body temperature and health problems.

Below we will look at the consequences of drinking ice drinks in the heat.

Kvass is the head of everything

Let's start with the most famous - kvass. You may have forgotten the actual recipe and prefer store-bought soda. Or maybe they didn’t realize that it’s quite possible to make delicious kvass yourself. Before answering the question of how to make a drink, you need to make sure that you have some of the ingredients that make up kvass:

half a loaf of bread, naturally, to make the kvass more “flavored” and beautiful, you need rye bread;
half a pack of dry yeast;
three liters of boiled water;
one hundred twenty-five grams of sugar;
raisins (a handful).

How to cool off in the summer then?

You can cope with discomfort during the summer heat with the same drinks. Only their temperature should be at room temperature. And, as strange as it may sound, hot tea helps get rid of thirst, especially if it has spices. This idea has actively broken into large cities. And it is not surprising, because it is in megacities that people suffer most from the stuffiness and consequences of hot asphalt.

Hot tea is used to cool people on such hot continents as Africa and Central Asia. Various spices are also added to this drink. The most popular thirst-quenching teas are ginger and masala.

Due to the high temperature and spiciness of a hot drink, sweat is released more actively. But it serves as a natural coolant for the body. And the higher the temperature of the tea, the better the effect. Fruits and vegetables also help quench your thirst. After all, they contain a lot of life-giving moisture. Grain products are no less beneficial for the body, since they retain heat.

We hope that the above information will make you think about the risks associated with greedily drinking cold drinks in the heat, and you will choose exactly what will help you quench your thirst, cool down properly and feel comfortable.

Cooking method

A detailed description of how to make a homemade drink, in case this is your first time making it.

The first step to preparing a kvass drink is preparing the bread. Toast the rye loaf pieces in the oven. This is done without using oil. Simply place the prepared bread on a baking sheet and place in the oven until it is toasted and browned. Some even allow the bread slices to burn slightly. It is believed that this technique will make the drink even more interesting.

When the crusts have cooled, we begin filling the container. To do this, you need to take a three-liter jar. If you don’t have jars of this size on your household, it doesn’t matter. An enamel pan will do just fine. Place crusts of bread on the bottom of the dish and pour boiling water over them and wait until the water temperature drops to 38 °C. This is necessary so that the yeast does not “cook” in too hot water.

When the liquid has cooled to a temperature slightly hotter than fresh milk, add yeast and half the amount of sugar to the future kvass. It is better to first dissolve these ingredients in a glass of warm water. Cover the jar with the drink and leave it in a warm place for two days. It is not recommended to place it in the sun.

After two days, you need to strain the resulting kvass, then add the remaining sugar and a handful of washed raisins. Pour the kvass into plastic bottles (make sure there are raisins in each container) and put them in the refrigerator to cool. Now you know how to make a drink that is so famous in our country.

The secret of spicy food lovers

As we have already said, spicy foods have exactly the same effect as hot drinks. In addition, spices such as chili peppers contain a special substance - capsaicin, which is responsible for its heat. Capsaicin also serves as another reason for increased sweating, as it irritates nerve receptors in the oral cavity and digestive tract.

Thus, we can understand why people living in the hot climates of Thailand or South America prefer spicy foods to refreshing cold foods.

Homemade lemonade

Kvass is, of course, good, but it takes more than one day to prepare. What to do if you are thirsty and there is no ready-to-eat kvass in the refrigerator? Then make delicious and healthy homemade lemonade. Before making a drink from lemons, you will need the following set of products:

two liters of boiled water;
two lemons;
four to six sprigs of mint (if there is no mint, no problem);
sugar - 6-8 tablespoons;
ice - as much as you want.

Pomegranate tea

Recipe from Evgeniy Sirbu, bar manager of the Zafferano

Ingredients (for 1 serving): 100 ml pomegranate juice, 1/4 (30 g) apple, 1.5 tsp. honey, 1 cm lemon zest, 150-200 ml boiling water. Pomegranate seeds and apple slices for decoration.

Instructions . Cut the apple into strips and the lemon zest into thin slices. Heat all ingredients without bringing to a boil. Strain into a glass and garnish with pomegranate seeds and apple slices.

Making lemonade

Rinse the lemons and fresh mint sprigs thoroughly. Then cut the lemons into very thin slices and tear the mint greens with your hands. Small leaves can be left, they will also serve as decoration for the drink.

Place the prepared mint and lemons in a clean glass jar (3 liters). Pour all the sugar called for in the recipe into a jar and pour hot boiled water over the resulting mixture. First, pour in a liter of water and use a circular motion to dissolve the sugar in the drink. Then pour out the rest of the water and stir.

Without covering with a lid, leave the homemade lemonade on the table so that it infuses, and the lemons and mint impart their taste and vitamins to the water. After forty minutes the drink is ready. You can simply cool it in the refrigerator, but it will be more beautiful and fresh if you pour ice into the glasses and then pour lemonade.

Non-alcoholic Sangria

The popular, rich fruit cocktail is traditionally served as a spirit. However, its non-alcoholic counterpart is in no way inferior to it in the richness of taste.

Ingredients:

1 liter of grape/pomegranate juice (or strong compote);
0.5 l of mineral water;
2 oranges;
2 lemons or limes;
Large grapefruit.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

Extract the juice from citrus fruits by hand or using a juicer;
Chop the remaining fruit into slices;
Mix all the juices, including grape juice, add fruit to them and place in a glass jug;
Chill the drink as much as possible. Before serving, add a little mineral water and ice to each glass.

How will we cook?

Wash the tarragon and chop it finely. Wash the lemon and collect the juice and zest (the outer yellow skin). Place lemon juice and chopped tarragon into a blender bowl. Grind the mixture until it becomes mushy.

Pour sugar into a saucepan and pour it with water to dissolve. Boil syrup from water and sugar. As soon as the syrup boils, add the pulp into it and continue cooking for another two minutes. Remove the finished broth from the stove and leave to brew for eight hours (it’s convenient to make the drink at night).

After the specified time, you need to strain the tarragon to remove particles of herbs and lemon. If desired, the resulting tarragon can be slightly diluted with cold boiled water. Place the jar of concentrate in the refrigerator. He's ready. You can pour ice into glasses and start tasting.

Spicy Ice Tea

This tea will be an excellent choice for those losing weight, as well as those who play sports. Remember - ginger is useful not only in winter due to its ability to strengthen the immune system. It frees the body from rotting products, waste and toxins, fills cells with moisture and has a beneficial effect on the stomach, which is necessary in the hot season.

Ingredients:

8 glasses of purified drinking water;
1 cup brown sugar;
100 g chopped ginger pulp;
Lime zest;
Cinnamon;
5 tbsp. black leaf tea;
Lemon or lime juice (1 glass without pulp);
1/2 cup cranberry juice.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

Combine sugar, water, cinnamon, zest and ginger pulp in a small aluminum bowl. Place on the fire and bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5-7 minutes. Remove the drink from the stove and cool.
Brew the tea leaves for 10 minutes, then separate them and cool the drink in the refrigerator.
Strain the ginger syrup and combine with chilled tea, carefully observing the proportions to test. If you think the drink already has enough flavor, reserve the excess ginger mixture for next use.
Add cranberry and lime juice to the drink and cool your Ice Tea again.
When serving, you can additionally flavor the tea with ice cubes.

Cold tea

And a little more about which drink to make at home is not difficult. For example, tea. Many variations of wonderful iced summer tea have already been invented by inventive housewives.

The refreshing drink “Sea Breeze” based on green tea with the addition of lime and aromatic green apple will not leave you indifferent.

And here is the list of ingredients:

three bags of green tea;
a bunch of fresh mint;
one to three tablespoons of sugar, the sweetness level of the drink can be adjusted by adding less or more sugar;
one green apple - medium;
half a lime, you can replace the lime with lemon, but the taste and aroma will then become a little less rich;
boiling water - one and a half liters.

We will need:

400 g cream (fat content 20%)
2 tbsp. vanilla sugar
1 tbsp. instant coffee (you can take a bar of dark chocolate)
4 eggs (yolks)
1 can of condensed milk (standard)
0.5 liters of good vodka (the quality of the vodka determines what kind of liqueur you will get)
(if you take whiskey instead of vodka, you will get what you need - real Irish liqueur)

Preparation

First you need to separate the yolks from the whites. It is advisable to take fresher eggs.

If you want the drink to have a richer chocolate color, you can boil the condensed milk for about 30 minutes, but you don’t have to do this, the taste will be almost the same.

Pour condensed milk, yolks, vanilla sugar, coffee or softened chocolate into a glass bowl (if you make it with chocolate, use black) and mix with a mixer.

Then we begin to pour in the cream and continue whipping. If the cream is too fatty, then dilute it a little with milk, otherwise the liqueur will be too thick. Do not be alarmed if the coffee is not completely dissolved; after adding vodka and subsequent whisking, there will be no lumps left.

Now all that remains is to pour in vodka or whiskey, you can do both if you have it, and whisk everything until smooth.

That's all, as you can see, it's quick, simple and much cheaper than in the store.

Pour it into a bottle and let it sit, bide its time.

Preparing cold “Sea Breeze”

Fill the green tea bags with very hot water, but not boiling water. It is better if the boiled kettle sits for three minutes, then the temperature will be the most suitable.
While the tea is brewing, let's start preparing the remaining ingredients. Chop the mint (coarsely). Cut the apple into cubes or whatever you want - it doesn’t matter.
Remove the tea bags from the brewed tea by thoroughly squeezing all the tea leaves into the bowl. Dissolve sugar in hot tea.
We also cut the lime, but into thin slices, so that the fruit gives all the aroma and taste to the refreshing tea.
Throw mint, slices or slices of lime into a jar of prepared sweet tea and top it all with apple cubes.
Cover the resulting drink with a lid and let it cool completely at room temperature. Then place the container with the drink in the refrigerator for an hour. Serve Sea Breeze tea with ice.

Classic lemonade

You can remember the “old-fashioned” lemonade from the USSR era with its amazing taste at home!

Ingredients:

4-5 lemons (large or medium, depending on the thickness of the peel);
1/4 cup granulated sugar;
5 glasses of distilled or boiled water;
Cinnamon or vanillin - to taste.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

Peel the lemons the same way you peel potatoes. Collect the resulting zest and chop into small pieces 1x1 cm in size. Set the lemon pulp aside for a while.
Place the resulting chopped zest into a bowl. Add the specified amount of granulated sugar to it. Let the mixture brew so that the sugar is saturated with the essential oils released by the lemon peel. The mixture should sit for at least one hour.
When the allotted time for soaking has expired, place a container with 5 glasses of drinking water on the stove. Bring to a boil and add boiling water to the container with the sugar zest. Let it brew for another half hour, then strain the liquid and remove the zest from it.
Extract the juice from the lemon pulp using a juicer or by hand. Strain it through a strainer so that there are no seeds or pulp left in the juice. Combine the purified juice with sugar water and mix the ingredients using a shaker. Place the resulting liquid in a glass jug. If desired, at this stage you can flavor the drink with vanilla or cinnamon.
Place the resulting lemonade in the refrigerator for several hours. The drink is best served with ice, and garnished with a slice of lemon and a mint leaf for a party.

Iced tea “Homemade”

You can make the drink at home, even without having lime and mint or any other ingredients on hand. An excellent iced tea that quickly quenches your thirst is made using the recipe below.

The ingredients are quite simple:

two liters of boiling water;
four bags of black tea; if you take tea with berry or fruit flavors, the drink will be more interesting;
one teaspoon of citric acid;
sugar to taste.

If it is difficult to calculate the amount of sugar for a drink, start with three tablespoons per two-liter jar. Then adjust your sugar intake based on your personal taste preferences.

Warming spiced tea

Tea contains more than 300 substances and compounds: vitamins (PP), minerals (potassium, fluorine, phosphorus, iron), organic acids, essential oils, tannins, amino acids, alkaloids and biological pigments.

Strongly brewed black tea has a beneficial effect on the tone of the stomach and intestines, normalizes digestion, and destroys bacteria. For colds and respiratory diseases, drinking tea warms the throat, stimulates respiratory activity, and increases sweating.

Ingredients:

4 tsp. loose leaf black tea
a pinch of ground cardamom
a pinch of ground cinnamon
a pinch of ground ginger
2 carnation stars
2 red peppercorns

Recipe:

Pour boiling water over the kettle and drain the water. Then add loose leaf tea, cardamom, cinnamon and ginger, add cloves and crushed red peppercorns.
Close the kettle, wrap it up and leave for 5 minutes.
Pour into cups. Serve with a slice of lemon and lump sugar.

Tip: If you have a cold, you can add mint, oregano, thyme and other medicinal herbs to this tea.